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How do experience and self-discipline impact agility? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Mental agility can be acquired, learned and practiced. People can become more analytical and can think an...	DSS Foundations	Sep 05, 2019
What is the difference between knowledge management and decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Both academics and software vendors can over promote technology advantages and solutions. We seem to get e...	DSS Foundations	Dec 18, 2015
What is the telephone test? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some semi-structured decisions can be supported using Artificial Intelligence technologies delivered as par...	DSS Foundations	Aug 21, 2011
What is the relationship of expert systems and business decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Both expert systems and decision support systems attempt to use software to improve decision making. Exper...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Dec 10, 2008
What do managers need to know about DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com All managers need to master the what, when, who and why of computerized decision support systems (DSS). M...	DSS Theory	Oct 02, 2011
What is relational algebra? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Relational algebra is a formal system, i.e., a well-defined system of abstract thought, for manipulat...	DSS Foundations	Aug 07, 2014
What is the relationship between DSS and Expert Systems? This response was written in reply to Pat Nathan. Pat writes “Hi Dan, What do you think of DSS and Expert Systems?” Pat’s other questions are qu...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
What are characteristics of a decision support system? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com How do you know a computerized system is a decision support system (DSS)? This question is important becaus...	DSS Theory	Oct 05, 2005
What is data mining and how is it related to DSS? by Daniel Power Editor, DSSResources.com Data mining is a data analysis innovation first discussed in the 1990s. "Big data" and analytics has led...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Nov 30, 2015
Is data modeling needed for DSS built using no schema big data? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Agile development of analytics and data-driven decision support is not new. Decision support built us...	DSS Foundations	Oct 15, 2018
What is the status of Knowledge Management (KM)? by Dan Power In 1997, Rebecca Barclay and Philip Murray at Knowledge Praxis posted an article titled "What is knowledge management?". The articl...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 01, 2006
Why study computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Using information technologies to improve decision making is interesting and important. Sadly, we seem to ...	DSS Foundations	Feb 05, 2012
What are issues in design and development of BI and DSS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Building data-driven business intelligence decision support, model-driven decision support for foreca...	DSS Foundations	Nov 11, 2018
Can wearable computing devices provide decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Computing devices continue to become smaller and more portable. A wearable computing device can now a...	DSS Foundations	Jun 11, 2017
Is DSS or Decision Support a core concept in Information Systems? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Academic disciplines have core concepts, the fundamental building blocks or areas of study of the di...	DSS Theory	Feb 21, 2015
What are the features of a knowledge-driven DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com This is installment #4 about features of computerized decision support systems. The focus is on knowledge-...	Knowledge-driven DSS	Aug 09, 2008
What are philosophical foundations of DSS practice? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Decision support systems as a practical discipline has multiple "philosophical foundations". DSS practice h...	DSS Foundations	Apr 27, 2010
How can decision support aid smart manufacturing initiatives? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM, University of Northern Iowa, USA; Marzieh Khakifirooz, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Mahdi F...	DSS Foundations	Jun 13, 2018
How do DSS differ from TPS? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM excerpted from Power, D. (2002, pp. 8-9) Development of Decision Support Systems (DSS) is one of the...	DSS Foundations	Nov 07, 2020
What should an Agile practitioner know and do? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Knowing agile principles and developing an agile mindset are the starting point of becoming agile. An agi...	DSS Foundations	Jul 01, 2019
What is the status of Clinical and Hospital Administration DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Both clinical and hospital administration decision support are evolving rapidly. HealthIT.gov is an excelle...	Knowledge-driven DSS	May 13, 2016
What factors indicate a special study is more appropriate than a DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Personal and organizational factors, cultural factors, decision factors, information factors and psycholog...	Building DSS	Dec 26, 2015
Is the semantic web vision relevant to DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Semantic web describes a vision and design guidelines and tools to let software applications read and un...	Building DSS	Feb 20, 2008
What are the achievements, trends and challenges for Decision Support Systems? In late October 2001, Manuel Mora, an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (www.uaa.mx...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
Can DSS impact decision outcomes? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Building a computerized decision support system does not necessarily improve decision outcomes. Sadly, a p...	DSS Theory	Apr 02, 2008
What is the history of AIS SIG DSS: ISDSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com AIS SIG DSS: ISDSS refers to the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group (SIG) on ...	AIS SIG DSS	Mar 01, 2014
What do managers need to know about IS/IT, MIS and DSS? In the academic field of Information Systems we have repeatedly asked the question “What do managers need to know about IS/IT, MIS and DSS?” All o...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
Is tax preparation software an example of a DSS? "Is X a DSS?" is a common question in the Ask Dan! email. Let's try to figure out the answer to this question together.First, what is the pu...	DSS Applications	Aug 07, 2005
What is the theory of decision support systems? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Past practice and experience usually guide computerized decision support development more than theory and g...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
Can we engineer effective decision support systems? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Building effective computerized decision support systems is possible and increasingly common. Understandi...	Building DSS	Dec 30, 2012
What are various categories and classifications for decision support? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Computerized decision support systems emerged in the 1960s with model-driven DSS. Decision Support Sys...	DSS Foundations	Mar 17, 2020
What is stakeholder engagement? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Stakeholder engagement and stakeholder management are the most important ingredients for successful proje...	DSS Foundations	Jan 20, 2020
What is a robust decision support quantitative model? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM Some quantitative models provide very different results when assumptions are violated and when model ...	DSS Foundations	Apr 17, 2015
What type of DSS is it? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Managers and developers are recognizing that products and systems advertized as business intelligence, de...	DSS Theory	Mar 21, 2009
How does a document management system differ from a Document-Driven DSS? Vannevar Bush's 1945 vision of a memex that stores everything one has seen and read for fast retrieval is the goal for document management systems. Su...	Document-driven DSS	Aug 06, 2005
How does data mining provide knowledge? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com In the 1970s, companies employed business analysts who used statistical packages like SAS and SPSS to...	DSS Foundations	Jan 17, 2021
What are the "hot" DSS research topics? Academic research in the U.S. often seems as susceptible to trends and "hot" topics as other segments of our culture. For the past 10 years ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
How complex is managing? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Management roles are increasingly specialized, management tasks are often complex, and projects have expa...	DSS Foundations	Aug 28, 2019
What are Decision Support technology trends? At the turn of the year, it is common to think about trends and future developments related to many topics. The pace of technology change is speeding ...	Evaluating DSS Projects	Aug 07, 2005
What is project portfolio management? Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.com Project portfolio management (PPM) is a coordination and control process that selects, prioritizes, and s...	DSS Foundations	Jan 20, 2020
What is involved in providing decision support for global enterprises? by Dan Power The theme for the upcoming 9th International Conference for AIS SIG DSS: the International Society for Decision Support Systems (IC...	DSS Theory	Aug 01, 2006
What are substitutes for computerized decision support? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some computerized decision support is increasingly a necessity, but there remain many substitutes or alter...	DSS Theory	Aug 06, 2005
Is decision automation a hot topic? Does using a DSS require statistical expertise? YES and NO. Decision automation refers to using technologies including computer processing to make decisions and implement programmed decision process...	DSS Foundations	Aug 16, 2005
What is the expanded DSS framework? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The expanded Decision Support Systems framework specifies a primary technology dimension and 3 seco...	DSS Foundations	Jun 21, 2015
What IS and what IS NOT essential to be agile? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM We are bombarded by buzzwords, technical jargon, and colorful metaphors in the culture of agile proce...	DSS Foundations	Jul 17, 2019
What SQL knowledge do managers need for decision support queries? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Structured Query Language (SQL)is considered difficult for most managers to learn and use. SQL is a complex...	Data-driven DSS	Mar 18, 2011
What is the job of a datawarehouse administrator? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM The Data Warehouse Administrator supports the ongoing development and maintenance of data warehousing ...	DSS Foundations	Oct 25, 2018
Can computerized decision support encourage health literacy? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM People make poor health choices for many reasons (Carrera, 2014). One reason is a lack of informati...	DSS Foundations	May 29, 2016
What is opportunistic decision making? by Daniel J. Power Editor, DSSResources.COM An opportunity is a potential action that if implemented is likely to help attain a desired goal. Som...	DSS Foundations	Apr 23, 2018
What are benefits and risks of outsourcing enterprise-wide DSS? by Dan Power Editor, DSSResources.com Some companies outsource major Information Technology (IT) activities like Internet and Intranet operatio...	Building DSS	Apr 16, 2008

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